What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.

I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.

I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you.